Drunken Trees is the debut release by Swedish

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

 folk

Folk music

Folk music is an English term encompassing both traditional folk music and contemporary folk music. The term originated in the 19th century. Traditional folk music has been defined in several ways: as music transmitted by mouth, as music of the lower classes, and as music with unknown composers....

 duo First Aid Kit

First Aid Kit (band)

First Aid Kit is a Swedish folk duo composed of sisters Johanna and Klara Söderberg, whose close vocal harmonies and woodsy, folk-influenced songwriting take influence from the likes of Fleet Foxes and Joanna Newsom. Hailing from Enskede, a southern suburb of Stockholm, the teenaged siblings...

. It was released on April 9, 2008 in Sweden via Rabid Records

Rabid Records

Rabid Records is a Swedish record label founded in 1998 by members of Honey Is Cool. Today the label is operated by Karin Dreijer Andersson and Olof Dreijer of the synthpop duo The Knife, as well as Frau Rabid. The label rarely releases anything other than works by The Knife, but it is currently...

, followed by a UK release via Wichita Records on February 23, 2009. The UK release features the band's cover of Fleet Foxes

Fleet Foxes

Fleet Foxes are a folk rock band which formed in Seattle, Washington. They are signed to the Sub Pop and Bella Union record labels. The band came to prominence in 2008 with the release of their second EP, Sun Giant, and their debut full length album Fleet Foxes...

' "Tiger Mountain Peasant Song" as a bonus track, in addition to videos of "Our Own Pretty Ways", "Jagadamba, You Might" and "You're Not Coming Home Tonight".

Track listing

All tracks written by Klara and Johanna Söderberg except where noted.

Reception

Drunken Trees attracted attention largely from independent music journalists, whose response was generally positive.

The Skinny

The Skinny

The Skinny is the debut album by Slimm Cutta Calhoun.-Track listing:...

gave the EP a score of 4/5, writing that "these two have world-weary voices far beyond their years, in the same way that Dylan did when he was 21...an understated acoustic gem." Allmusic, meanwhile, were more reserved, writing that while the band "sing in full, earthy, expressive tones that belie their years", they are "still in the process of refining their craft, and still taking plenty of cues from other artists".

Credits

• Klara and Johanna Söderberg - production, vocals, intrumentation, design & artwork
• Benkt Söderberg - production
• Joachim Ekkerman - mixing
• Håkan Åkesson - mastering